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ELECTIONS-MEXICO: Campaign Serves as Press Freedoms Barometer
The close race for the Mexican presidency reveals greater independence of the communications media, but some analysts say there is still a long way to go to establish full freedom of the press here.COMMUNICATION-COLOMBIA: ‘School Press’ Brings Media to Children
Teachers and journalists are working together in 15 cities in Colombia to bring children into closer contact with current events, as part of a programme carried out by the private media association Andiarios in conjunction with the ministry of education.//WOMEN 2000- GENDER EQUALITY//: MEDIA-LATAM: Less Stereotypes, but Low Visibility for Women
While advertising in Latin America is turning less and less to the stereotyped image of the "happy housewife," women's bodies continue to sell everything from cars to perfume, and few female experts are interviewed on news programmes.COMMUNICATION-COSTA RICA: Paper Gives Voice to Marginalised Women /repeating to some points/
A group of women journalists in Costa Rica keen on knocking down stereotypes have launched an alternative newspaper targetting poor women in the countryside and marginalised urban areas. The paper comes out every 28 days, to symbolise the menstrual cycle.COMMUNICATION-COSTA RICA: Paper Gives Voice to Marginalised Women
A group of women journalists in Costa Rica keen on knocking down stereotypes have launched an alternative newspaper targetting poor women in the countryside and marginalised urban areas. The paper comes out every 28 days, to symbolise the menstrual cycle.COMMUNICATION-BRAZIL: ‘Radio Favela’ After 23 Years of Struggle
While winning awards and recognition from the United Nations and local officials, 'Radio Favela' - a pirate station that has provided essential services to the residents of shantytowns in this Brazilian city for 23 years - was the target of police raids, arrests and the confiscation of equipment.CARIBBEAN: Governments Take First Step Toward Liberalising Telecom Sectors
á The sole provider of telecommunications services in the region for more than a century, British telecom giant Cable and Wireless PLC is going to have to move over to make room for competition.ELECTIONS-MEXICO: Capital’s Gov’t Makes Most of Good Publicity
Positive, well-targeted publicity has become the principal weapon of the capital's government, in the hands of the centre-left Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), as it builds popularity and marches confidently down the electoral road.COMMUNICATION-ARGENTINA: Free Daily Expands Access to News
A new "pocket newspaper" distributed free of charge to bus passengers in the Argentine capital has built on the success of a previous experiment, and is providing a source of information to the thousands who gave up buying the paper due to the expense involved.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Media Unite in Condemning ETA
The editors of Spain's major press outlets signed a manifesto Friday condemning the illegal Basque organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETABasque Freedom and Homeland) for its offensive against journalists who do not bow to its political line.MEDIA: United Nations Projects 300 Million “Hits” on its Web Site
The United Nations is projecting over 300 million "hits" on its web site this year, about seven times more than in 1997.MEDIA: FCC Moves To Legalise Pirate Stations In Haitian Communities
In the last five years, the number of pirate Creole language radio stations in Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey has been growing steadily. With names like Radio Etincelle, Radio Galaxy Plus, Radio Lakay, Radio Petion-Ville, these stations can be found mostly on FM dials and have been popping up in Haitian enclaves, serving a group where radio is the glue that holds it together.MEDIA: Reporters Deliberate Targets in War, Says Annan
Speaking on World Press Freedom Day, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Wednesday condemned the wanton killings of journalists worldwide.COMMUNICATIONS-COLOMBIA: Bringing Internet to Small Towns
The House of Culture in Filandia, a town of 16,000 in Colombia's Andean region, has become the favourite hang- out joint for students from the municipality and nearby towns who in their free-time discover the mysteries of the Internet.COMUNICATION-LATAM: US Is Gatekeeper for Internet Traffic
There is much talk about the Internet's great potential for democratising society. But so far traffic over the information superhighway has been monopolised by the United States.COMMUNICATION/RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Street Kids Reach Out to Public
A novel magazine written and produced by street children in a workshop on journalism helps residents of the capital of Argentina understand the fears and dreams of the youngsters they see on a daily basis panhandling, offering to clean their windshields or selling trinkets.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Private Firms Must Serve Public Interest
Telecommunications regulatory agencies and anti-trust measures to keep competition in the sector open are considered key to ensuring that private companies serve the public interest in Latin America and the Caribbean.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Boom in Cell-Phone and Internet Use/repeating to some points/
The number of telephonesand especially cellular-phoneshas mushroomed in Latin America over the past decade, fuelled by the privatisation of state-run telephone companies, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported at its regional conference.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Boom in Cell-Phone and Internet Use
The number of telephonesand especially cellular-phoneshas mushroomed in Latin America over the past decade, fuelled by the privatisation of state-run telephone companies, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported at its regional conference.CANADA: Media Study Finds Newspapers Guilty of Propagating Racist Stereotypes
Canada's largest-circulation and most politically influential newspapers are culturally biased and encourage racist stereotypes almost daily, according to a case study on racism and the media.COMMUNICATION: World Conference on ‘Governing Globalisation’
The Society for International Development (SID) plans to organise a global conference towards the end of the year to set lines of action that would enable the governing of the globalisation process.« Previous Page — Next Page »
Thousands of microfinance institutions serve tens of millions of the world's poor, through massive operations in rural South Asia to fledgling enterprises in West African towns. This small-scale loan movement aimed at alleviating poverty can offer life-changing potential for people who would otherwise find it difficult to obtain loans from the traditional banking sector. But microcredit is not a miracle solution to ending global poverty. If high interest rates prevail, putting recipients at risk of repeat borrowing and cycles of debt, microfinance can also have unintended consequences. IPS tracks the spread of microcredit and its impact across the global South.
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